List of Upper Canada College alumni

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The following is a list of prominent Upper Canada College alumni; many notable Canadian men are graduates of the school. UCC's alumni are usually known simply as "Old Boys" (as is common with most all-male private schools). They include:

Contents 1 Academia 2 Athletics 3 Business 4 Film, theatre, media and the arts 5 Literature 6 Military Service 7 Politics and current affairs

[edit] Academia

• Armstrong, Jackson - historian
• Arthur, James Greig (1962) - World's leading mathematician in Representation Theory and creator of the General Trace Formula
• Best, Henry B.M. (1952) - Knight Italian Order of Merit, President of Laurentian University
• Bethune, Charles James Stewart (1856) - Headmaster of Trinity College School, co-founded Entomological Society of Canada
• Biggar, James H. (1926) - Founder of Visites Interprovinviales, later the SEVEC
• Clarkson, Stephen (1954) - FRSC, Rhodes Scholar, foreign policy and Canadian history expert, Governor General's Award winner
• Connell, George (1947) - OC, PhD, DSc, LLD, FCIC, FRSC, President of the University of Toronto & the University of Western Ontario, Director of Allelix Biopharmaceuticals
• Crooks, Adam - First Chancellor of the University of Toronto and Attorney General of Canada
• Cooper, John Julius - 2nd Viscount Norwich, British historian, travel writer, and television personality
• Crean, John Gale (1932) - Founding President of the Ontario Science Centre, first Canadian director of International Chamber of Commerce
• Cruikshank, Ernest Alexander (1872) - Notable Canadian historian, founded Ontario Historical Society
• Eayrs, James (1938) - World renowned political scientist, Governor General's Award winner
• Eksteins, Modris (1961) - Rhodes Scholar, world renowned political scientist
• Fleming, James Henry (1892) - Top Canadian ornithologist
• Grant, George P. (1936) - OC, DPhil, FRSC, philosopher
• Grier, Terry - former president Ryerson University, former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament
• Ignatieff, Nicholas - Warden of Hart House, University of Toronto
• Keefer, Thomas (1838) - Noted aquatics civil engineer, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, founder of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
• Loudin, James (1858) - First physics professor at UofT, president of the Royal Society of Canada
• Macklem, Michael - CM, founder of Oberon Press
• McCulloch, Ernest - OC, FRSC, Lasker Award winner, accredited with the discovery of the Stem Cell, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
• McNaught, Kenneth - Historian
• Parmenter, Ross (1929) - Music editor at the New York Times, expert on indigenous Mexican culture
• Rao, Vivek - Youngest Cardiac Surgeon and head of heart transplant programme at Toronto General Hospital
• Ridpath, John - Objectivist philosopher and retired York University associate Professor of Economics and Intellectual History
• Robertson, Lawrence Bruce (1902) - Indroduced blood transfusions for children at Hospital for Sick Children
• Singer, Peter (1978) - Director of Joint Centre for Bioethics at UofT, Program Director at the Canadian Program on Genomics
• Qaadri, Shafiq - Neurosurgeon, Government of Canada Designated Medical Practitioner, medical journalist, Ontraio Member of Provincial Parliament
• Stupart, Sir Robert Fredrick (1872) - Pioneered public weather forecasts, Director of the National Meteorological Society
• Tyrell, Joseph (1878) - FRSC, discovered dinosaur bones in Alberta, in whose honour the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is named
• Wright, Sir Charles Seymour (1904) - Team physicist on Robert Scott's Antartic expidition, developed "trench wireless" during WWI

[edit] Athletics

• Ballard, Harold - Owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Maple Leaf Gardens, and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Barry, Michael (1993) - Professional cyclist, member of Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
• Conacher, Brian (1961) - Member of the 1967 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs, member of 1964 Olympic Canadian hockey team
• Elder, James (1953) - OC, 1956 and 1968 Olympics Equestrian gold medalist
• Evans, Michael (1984) - 1984 Olympics Men's Eight Gold medalist, and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia
• Greening, Colin - Team member of the Ottawa Senators
• Kerr, John (1970) - 1984 Olympics sailing double Bronze medalist
• Lang, Stuart (1970) - Member of the Edmonton Eskimos, winnnig four Grey Cups
• Mara, George (1941) - CM, captain of the 1948 Olympic gold medal winning Canadian hockey team, Director of Maple Leaf Gardens, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee
• Rumble, John Mitchell (1953) - 1956 Olympics equestrian Bronze medalist
• Smythe, Con (1909) - Architect of the NHL, founder of Maple Leaf Gardens, coach of the 1928 Winter Olympics gold medal winning team
• Spencer, Vic - Founding director of the British Columbia Lions, CFL Hall of Fame inductee, Canadian Football League fullback, founding partner and director of Delta Hotels
• Turner, Pat (1980) - 1984 Olympics mens' eight rowing gold medalist
• Williams, Barney (1996) - 2004 Olympic Games Mens Coxless Four silver medalist
• Willson, Montgomery (1927) - 1932 Winter Olympics figure skating bronze medalist
• Wright, Tom E.S. - Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, former President of Addidas Canada

[edit] Business

• Bassett, Douglas (1958) - OC, OOnt, KStJ, member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, president of CTV, founder of CFTO-TV
• Beatty, David Ross (1961) - OBE, International business expert, diplomat and past Chairman of the Board of UCC
• Beaubien, François de Gaspé (1981) - Co-owner of Telemedia Corp., President of Canadian Magazine Publishers' Association
• Black, Conrad - Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, PC, Publishing Tycoon (expelled)
• Black, Montegu - Former controller of Hollinger Inc., and former director of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Cheesbrough, Gordon - chairman & CEO, Altamira and past Chairman of the Board of UCC
• Cohon, Mark - Director of Corporate and Game Development for MLB International, NBA Vice-President of Business Development, Chair of Ontario Science Centre [1] [2] [3]
• Crawley, Phillip - Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail
• Cumming, James (1861) - Chief Fur Trader, Hudson's Bay Company
• Cynamon, David - Co-Owner, Toronto Argonauts football team
• Davidson, Richard - President, Brewers Retail
• Douglas, Ian - CM, KStJ, CD, QC, founding President of the Canadian Epilepsy Association, Chairman of the National Board of Governors of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
• Druckman, Miles (1982) - Founder of SOS International, named "Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum
• Dunlop, Edward (1937) - Founding Chairman of the Toronto Sun, Member of the Ontario Legislature
• Eaton, George - CEO, T. Eaton Company of Canada
• Eaton, Sir John Craig - chairman & CEO, T. Eaton Company of Canada
• Eaton, John Craig (1957) - OOnt, KStJ, chairman & CEO, T. Eaton Company of Canada, Chancellor of Ryerson University
• Eaton, Timothy - founder of the now-defunct Eaton's department store
• Fejér, Bela (1963) - Developer, including Bank Centre and Four Seasons Hotel in Budapest
• Gentles, Roy A. - Chairman & CEO of Alcan
• Gibson, Dan (1940) - OC, creator of Solitudes
• Gillespie, Ian A. - Chairman & CEO, Export Development Corporation
• Gooderham, William George (1867) - Owner of Gooderham Worts Distilleries, president of the Bank of Toronto
• Gould, Stephen A. - Vice President, American Express
• Grafstein, Laurence S. - Managing Director, Lazard
• Hiller, Robert W. - former President and Chief Financial Officer, the Campbell Soup Company
• Macaulay, Hugh - Chairman & CEO, Canadian Tire Corporation
• MacMillan, Michael (1974) - CEO, chairman and founder of Alliance Atlantis
• Meredith, Gregory P. - Chairman & CEO, HSBC (USA)
• Pellatt, Sir Henry (1876) - Canadian financier and builder of Casa Loma
• Phelan, Paul D. - Chairman & CEO, Cara Operations Limited
• Prichard, Robert (1967) - OC, OOnt, LLM, PhD, CEO of Torstar and former president of the University of Toronto
• Rogers, Edward S. (1951) - OC, DSc, LLM, founder of Rogers Communications
• Sokolowski, Howard - Co-Owner, Toronto Argonauts football team
• Statten, Taylor (1932) - CM, renowned child psychologist, Chairman of Taylor Statten Camps
• Stevenson, John - Director of George Weston Ltd., Canada Trust, American Express of Canada
• Thompson, John M. - Chairman, IBM
• Thomson, David - 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Cambridge University graduate, CEO of Thomson Corporation
• Thomson, Kenneth (1942) - 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, "Canada's wealthiest man" and chairman of Thomson's Media
• Weston, Galen - OC, OOnt, owner, George Weston Ltd. and Canada's "second richest man"
• Weston, George - Founder, George Weston Ltd.
• Wright, Timothy Rogers - Former President, GlaxoSmithKline SGP

[edit] Film, theatre, media and the arts

• Brooks, Daniel (1976) - Playwright, winner of the Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre
• Bruce, Addington - Journalist, American historian
• Burke, Edmund W. (1891) - Architect of Prince Edward Viaduct, Simpson's (now Hudson's Bay Company) flaghip store in Toronto
• Campbell, Nicholas (1970) - Canadian film and television star
• Clark, Tom (1971) - Television journalist, anchorman, CTV Washington Bureau chief,
• Cuddy, Jim (1974) - Founder and member of Blue Rodeo
• Dako, Del (1972) - Famed Jazz musician
• Darling, Frank (1859) - Architect of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, Convocation Hall, and Trinity College, winner of the Royal Gold Medal
• Davies, Geraint Wyn (1975) - Actor
• Dick, Leonard - Emmy Award winning Executive Producer and writer of Lost, House, and many other Sitcoms
• Doherty, Brian (1922) - Founder of the Shaw Festival
• Douglas, Melvyn (1913) - Academy Award winning actor
• DuBois, Mark (1972) - World famous opera singer
• Felix, Enrique Alvarez (1954) - Mexician renowned actor
• Flaherty, Robert (1903) - Pionneer of documentary films, including Nanook of the North
• Fraser, Brendan (1987) - Actor (left school in final year)
• Gilday, Leonard (1967) - Producer of The Nature of Things and for the National Geographic Channel
• Gilmour, David - Journalist and Governor General's Award for English language fiction winning novelist
• Gooderham, Albert Edward (1879) - Founder of the Canadian Academy of Music (later the [[Royal Conservatory of Music), and president of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
• Graham, Patrick W. (1984) - Journalist for Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, and television correspondent for the CBC
• Grier, Sir Edmund Wyly (1877) - Portraitist, president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
• Hendrie, W. Brett - HotDocs festival director
• Hayhurst, Jim (1959) - Chairman of Outward Bound, member of the Canadian Mount Everest expedition, co-founder of Trails Youth Initiatives
• Hayhurst, Jim Jr. (1987) - Member of the Canadian Mount Everest expedition
• Hewitt, Bill (1949) - Broadcasting mogul, and Hockey Night in Canada announcer
• Hewitt, Foster (1921) - OC, broadcaster, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Hodgson, Jay - EMI recording artist and Governor General's Award winner for academic achievement
• Kane, Paul (1830) - Painter of the Canadian North and other pioneer landscapes
• Khemani, Rohin - Director of Jazz and World Music at the Youth Symphony for United Nations
• Koffman, Jeffrey - Journalist, and ABC News Anchor/Bureau Chief
• Lancaster, John - reporter for CFTO news.
• Law, Charles Anthony (1935) - DSC, official war artist
• Lewis, Avi - Journalist and television host
• MacDermot, Galt (1942) - Grammy Award winning musician and co-author of the Broadway musical Hair
• Massry, Hartland (1935) - Architect of Innis College, master planner of Carleton University
• Massey, Raymond Hart (1910) - Actor and Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee
• McFee, Allan (1931) - CBC radio broadcaster, announcer for the Royal Canadian Air Farce
• McNaught, John - Canadian radio broadcaster and writer
• Mettler, Peter - Genie, NFB, and other awards winning writer and director
• Moore, James Mavor (1929) - CC, OBC, D.Litt, founding head of Guild of Canadian Playwrights, founder of St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
• Pettler, Levi - Founder of both Ontario Arts Council and the National Arts Centre
• Snow, Michael (1948) - OC, artist
• Michael MacMillan - Academy Award winner and CEO of Alliance Atlantis
• Walker, Alan - Executive editor, Maclean's magazine

[edit] Literature

• Bacque, James - notable author
• Davies, Robertson (1932) - CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL, notable author
• Fraser, John (1963) - CM, editor, Saturday Night Magazine, Master of Massey College
• Gilmour, David (1968) - Novelist and television journalist
• Glazebrook, G.P. de T. - FRSC, Oxford University graduate, Canadian historian
• Heintzman, Andrew - Founder and editor of Shift magazine
• Leacock, Stephen (1882) - PhD, FRSC, writer and economist
• Macklem, Michael (1946) - CM, founder and owner of Oberon Press
• Newman, Peter C. (1947) - CC, Peabody award-winning journalist, former editor of Macleans and the Toronto Star
• Robertson, John Ross (1850) - Noted journalist, founded Toronto Evening Telegram, in whose honour John Ross Robertson Public School is named
• Scadding, Henry (1833) - Noted educator, rector and writer
• Symons, Thomas (1942) - CC, OOnt, founding president of Trent University, notable Canadian Studies author

[edit] Military Service

• Boulton, Charles Arkoll - Leader of militant opposition against rebellion by Louis Riel, Canadian Senator
• Cockburn, Hampden Zane Churchill (1881) - Recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Cowan, John Scott - PhD, Principal, Royal Military College of Canada
• Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham (1904) - General, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD, PC, HDG, Chief of the General Staff and Commander, First Canadian Army, war hero
• Dunn, Alexander Roberts (1844) - First Recipientant of the Victoria Cross
• Geary, George Reginald - Lt. Colonel, OBE, MC, PC, Cabinet Minister, Commander of the Royal Grenadier Regiment, and Mayor of Toronto
• Little, Charles Herbert (1926) - CD, FRCGS, Rhodes Scholar, Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War,
• Matthews, Albert Bruce - Major General, AB, Commander, II Canadian Corps
• Pettler, Levi - Major General, OBE, CB, DSO, acclaimed War Hero and Commander of the Royal Engineers

[edit] Politics and current affairs

• Agnew, John Hume - Manitoba Cabinet Minister
• Aikins, James Albert Manning (1871) - Founder of Canadian Bar Association, Member of Parliament, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
• Aird, John Black (1941) - CC, OOnt, QC, LLD, founder of Aird & Berlis LLP, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Allan, George William (1835) - PC, FRCGS, Mayor of Toronto, Canadian Senator
• Armour, John Douglas - QC, Chief-justice of Ontario, Justice of Supreme Court of Canada
• Barrett, Anthony (1964) - Founder, Pollution Probe (Canada's first environmental advocacy organisation)
• Barton, Eric (1957) - CM, founder of a leprosy treatment centre in India, Principal of UCC
• Beatty, Perrin (1968) - PC, Cabinet Minister, and President of the CBC
• Beaven, Robert (1844) - Premier of British Columbia[4]
• Biggar, Oliver Mowat (1894) - Canada's first Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Canadian Legal Advisor to the Treaty of Versailles
• Blake, Edward (1850) - PC, Premier of Ontario, Cabinet Minister, Member of the Canadian Parliament, Member of the British Parliament, Chancellor of the University of Toronto
• Bosley, John William (1964) - PC, Speaker of the House of Commons
• Boulton, D'Arcy - Grandmaster of the Grand Black Chapter of British America
• Brown, Sir George McLaren (1880) - Member of the International Olympic Committee
• Cameron, John Hillyard (1833) - QC, Member of Parliament, co-founded Canada Life Assurance Company, and Solicitor General of Upper Canada
• Cameron, Sir Matthew Crooks (1838) - Chief Justice of Ontario and Father of Confederation
• Cartwright, John Robert (1912) - CC, MC, PC, LLD, Chief Justice of Canada
• Cassidy, Michael (1954) - Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Member of the Canadian Parliament, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
• Cockburn, James (1833) - QC, Father of Confederation, and Canada's first Speaker of the House of Commons
• Coleman, Michael - Mayor of Duncan, British Columbia, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Conacher, Duff (1982) - Founder of Democracy Watch, and best selling author
• Cowan, John S. - Principal of Royal Military College
• Crean, Gordon Gale (1932) - Ambassador to Yugoslavia, West Germany and the Vatican Ecumenical Council
• Crean, John Gale (1928) - Founder of the Ontario Science Centre, first Canadian director of the International Chamber of Commerce
• Crooks, Adam (1846) - QC, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, first Ontario Minister of Education
• Dalglish, Peter - Founder of Street Kids International
• Denison (III), George Taylor (1856) - FRSC, Founder of Canada First and the Canadian National Association
• Drew, George (1913) - CC, PC, QC, LLD, Premier of Ontario, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Eaton, Fred (1957) - OC, OOnt, FRSC, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick
• Ewart, John S. - QC, prominent lawyer, Canadian historian, and advocate of Canadian independence[5]
• Gelber, Arthur (1934) - OC, founder of the Ontario Arts Council, chairman of National Arts Centre
• Gelber, Lionel (1926) - Oxford University graduate, advisor to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, founder of the Lionel Gelber Prize
• George, James (1936) - Rhodes Scholar, Ambassador to Iran, High Commissioner to India, and world renowned activist
• Godfrey, John (1961) - PC, PhD, MPhil, Oxford graduate, Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities, editor of the [[Financial Post
• Gordon, Walter L. (1922) - CC, PC, LLD, Minister of Finance, and Chancellor of York University
• Graham, Bill (1957) - PC, QC, LLD, Liberal Leader of the Opposition
• Grier, Terry (1953) - Member of Parliament, president of Ryerson University
• Harlan, John Marshall II (1911) - Rhodes Scholar, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Heap, Dan (1943) - NDP Member of Parliament
• Hendrie, Sir John Strathearn (1874) - KCMG, CVO, and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Howland, Oliver (1863) - Member of the Ontario Parliament, Mayor of Toronto
• Howland, William (1932) - Chief Justice of Ontario, treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Hughes, Sir Samuel - PC, Minister of Militia during World War I
• Hutchison, Andrew (1956) - Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
• Ibbs, Sir Robin (1942) - Chairman of Lloyd's Bank, senior adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
• Ignatieff, Michael (1965) - Member of Parliament, PhD, noted historian and analyst
• Jackman, Henry N.R. (1950) - OC, OOnt, LLD, CEO National Trust, Empire Life Insurance, and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Kelly, Norm - Member of Parliament, and Toronto City Councillor
• Kilbourn, William Morley (1944) - Toronto historian, first president of Word on the Street
• Lafferty, Alfred (1855) - UCC's first black student, headmaster of Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
• Lamport, Allan (1923) - Mayor of Toronto
• Lang, Dan - Canadian Senator
• Lewis, Stephen - CC, Canadian Ambassador to the UN Security Council, and UN Representative to Africa
• Little, Charles Herbert - CD, FRCGS, Rhodes Scholar, Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War
• Lubbock, Eric - 4th Baron Avebury, Member of the British House of Lords, member of the Liberal Democrats Foreign Affairs Team
• MacInnis, Dr. Joseph (1956) - CM, explorer, leader of Titanic dive for IMAX filming, first person to dive under the North Pole
• Macleod, James Farquharson (1848) - Colonel, pioneer of Alberta and third Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Macaughton, Alan (1921) - OC, PC, QC, LLD, former Speaker of Parliament and Canadian Senator
• Massey, Vincent - CH, CC, PC, Cabinet Minister, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Governor General of Canada
• McCordick, John Alexander (1933) - Ambassador to Austria, Canadian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
• McLeod, Dr. Bruce (1946) - Moderator of the United Church of Canada, President of the Canadian Council of Churches
• McMurtry, Roy - Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• McTavish, Wilson (1956) - Director of the Ontario Office of the Children's Lawyer
• Montizambert, Frederick (1859) - Developed Canadian quarantine stations, first Director General of public health, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
• Moss, Thomas (1854) - Chief Justice of Ontario
• Robinson, John Beverley (1836) - President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Mayor of Toronto, and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario[6]
• Ryerson, Stanley Brehaut - Historian and Communist activist
• Smith, Arnold Cantwell (1932) - Rhodes Scholar, Canadian Ambassador to Moscow, Cambodia, and Secretary-general of the Commonwealth Secretariat
• Taché, Eugène-Étienne (1849) - Architect of the Assemblée nationale du Québec building, designer of Québec's Coat of Arms and motto Je me souviens
• Tonks, Alan (1959) - Member of Parliament, Mayor of Toronto
• Tupper, William Johnston - Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
• Wallbridge, Lewis - QC, Chief Justice of Manitoba, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and Director of the Bank of Upper Canada
• Wilson, Michael (1955) - OC, PC, Minister of Finance, Chairman and CEO of UBS AG, and Chancellor of the University of Trinity College
• Woods, Ian - Social activist and publisher
• Wrong, Hume (1909) - Canadian ambassador to Washington, helped draft the North Atlantic Treaty
• Wrzesnewskyj, Borys - Canadian Member of Parliament, owner of Future Bakery restaurants